The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-06
TuE END OF MANS LIFE.


o general smile.
TnE END op MANS LIFE.
Dlscontsntment and the love Of person.
al ease were also dwelt on 90 prolific
sources OF mans failure 10 fulfill tho pur.
pose Of mans creation, this portion Of the
sermon, like the rest, being practical, and
the lessonB driven homo With many. fofci.
BILE illustrations.
Then tho speaker continued: So far I
have directed your attention 10 some OF
tho things tbst ara ipin,ieal aud anlapo.
nihtlc to u Bucceasiul life. Let mo now de.
fine what 10 my mind Is the end and OBJ.
jecs for which God gave un life aud placed
US on this earth. 10 have Christ Jesus
ircarga!e In our B0ulB aud eataoTing
from us as the light and heat from yonler
sun In all our intercourne and relations
with tho world mapilestipg Christ in of
tho beneieencs and purity OF hiD divine
nature. Thig / conceive TO be tho purpcae
Of being. II | am mistaken, thcn ! conieaa
l do not know why We live. Apart from
this l know no object worthy Of such be.
inga rs God ha1 made US. l know OF no
purpose Commensurate with The noble
powers with which we are endowed.
Alter NJ eloquent picture Of man 90 tho
apex Of tho created ~uniyersc, Mr.. Hlte
concluded with equal eloquence:
The needy world Ia reaching out It's
hands imploring your help. Despair cries
to you to bring 1t hope. Ignorance Ia
looking 10 you for knowledge. Grief tear.
fully asks your sympathy. sickness and
want call ~plainttvely 10 you for asslataace.
Enslaved aud guilty souls must die In
their chains and sin unless liberated by
you. Confronted "a you ere in this your
day and generation by such serious and
sacred claims upon your lie, who among
you can BIO indifferent? WHO will prove
recreant 10 the sacred obligations laid up.
on you by that God whose We arc and be.
loro whose searching gszs we must stand
and be judged In tho final day.
You dare not fritter life away, You
will notl Earthly honors and earthly
riches and tho vain pleasures Of aonac-
what are they for which to barter away
interests 60 prcct0rsp
These years Of training have fitted you
for q career oil ussiulneBs and blessing.
The symbol OF scholarship which you are
so soon 10 receive Is not the prize fol
which you have been striving all these
years. Neither Is tho thing it stands for
in itsell the object OF your years Of study.
1t 10 what 1t makes you to yourself and
prepares you to do for yourself and fol-
others In the years to come that has been
your object and inspiration. You are nov
ready Tor action. Let no timc be lost,
Lot not the splendid gifts and large capa.
cities for doing good lie waste. So ON.
ptoy the beneticent powers with which
you arc endowed hat tho world will ieel
itself poorer indeed for your death, bui
richer in your life. Build your monumen.
~ You go-of human lives msdo bet.
ter and happier by what you
did for them. Lot your memory
be perpetuated by your yirtues becoming
part OF the warp aud wool OF immorts!
aou!s about you and you will never die.
So live thst in thSt day when God shall
bring to light the hidden things Of dark.
meas, you, standing amid the radiant glor
les oil yondar spirit world shall with swell.
ing hesrt behold the garaesed resuits o.
your life OF holy endeavor, ovespowered
with thescenea ndunsble 10 bear the glory
Of your JOY, and bow Low With reverence
and thsnkIulness before that God, and
gathering together ell the prai0s and all
the glory for the good done, pour it IS 8
holy libation at his throne, saying, "No,
unto mo- 0 Lord, not nnio me, but unto
Thy name give glory!n
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